Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Hungarian Model 48 carbine (M44 type)

Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 11 ↗

Hungarian Model 48 (Mosin Nagant M44 type) carbine, cal. 7.62 x 54R, manufactured in Hungary, and identified by the manufacturer code 02 on the chamber area and marked with the date of manufacture in the 1950's or earlier.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour firearm carries the marking “marked with the date of manufacture in the 1950's or earlier”
  • ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “manufactured in Hungary”
  • ATF REQUIRESMade 1959 or earlier (ATF’s dates)ATF: “in the 1950's or earlier”

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Hungary
Manufacturer
Fémáru Fegyver és Gépgyár (FÉG), Budapest (code 02)¹
Type
Rifle
Action
Bolt²
Caliber
7.62×54mmR⁴
Made
1950s or earlier³
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 11 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. web.archive.org ↗, maker: archived hungariae.com page: 48.M carbine made by Fémáru Fegyver és Gépgyár (FÉG), Budapest; '02' country code
  2. web.archive.org ↗, action: turning-bolt action, locked by rotating lugs on the bolt head
  3. web.archive.org ↗, years: 48.M carbine serial table: est. 80,000 made in 1952 and 80,000 in 1953
  4. web.archive.org ↗, calibers
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passYears: 1948–1959 → 1952–1953. Hungariae.com serial table dates the 48.M carbine to 1952–1953 (inside ATF's 1950s-or-earlier limit)
  2. Evidence passMaker: State arsenal, Budapest (code 02) → Fémáru Fegyver és Gépgyár (FÉG), Budapest (code 02). Hungariae.com (archived) names FÉG, Budapest as the 48.M carbine maker

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Historical context

Mosin–Nagant (base model shown for Hungarian Model 48 carbine (M44 type))
Shown: a full-length Mosin–Nagant rifle, not this Hungarian M44-type carbine.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Mosin-remove-bg.png” by Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum), CC0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Mosin–Nagant”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Mosin–Nagant is a five-shot, bolt-action, internal magazine–fed military rifle. Known officially as the Russian 3-line rifle M1891, and informally in Russian as Mosin's rifle, or simply the mosinka, it is primarily chambered for the 7.62×54mmR cartridge.